Newport Population 1860-1950
Year |
Total |
Black |
1860 |
10046 |
95* |
1870 |
15087 |
122 |
1880 |
20433 |
317** |
1890 |
24918 |
447 |
1900 |
28301 |
424 |
1910 |
30309 |
569 |
1920 |
29317 |
864 |
1930 |
29744 |
1231 |
1940 |
30631 |
1007 |
1950 |
31044 |
980 |
*Includes 56 free African Americans and 39 slaves
**Includes 2 Chinese
Campbell County Population 1860-1950
Year |
Total |
Black |
1860 |
20909 |
204* |
1870 |
27409 |
282 |
1880 |
37440 |
441 |
1890 |
44208 |
686 |
1900 |
54223 |
580 |
1910 |
59369 |
735 |
1920 |
61868 |
934 |
1930 |
73391 |
1328 |
1940 |
71918 |
1071 |
1950 |
75216 |
1004 |
*Includes 88 free African Americans and 116 slaves
Information comes from Lee A Coleman, Albert C Pryor Jr. & John R Christiansen, The Negro Population of Kentucky at Mid-century" June 1956